Offensive linemen Jack Conklin (left) and Taylor Lewan (right) stretch out on the practice field to get a better view of the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Richard Frank, left, his wife Diane, both of Traverse City, Mich., and daughter, Rebecca Frank, of Austin, Tex., watch the eclipse from the east bank of the Cumberland River Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn.
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August Miller, 9, Eva, 12 and Billy Buchanan, 10, of Franklin, look at the eclipse at the Nashville viewing party at First Tennessee Park Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Jaxen Young, 11, wears his finest eclipse attire to the event as thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the totality of the solar eclipse as the moon's shadow traveled across the state, providing a couple of minutes of twilight for lucky viewers.
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Maddy Byram, 14, gets a good view of the sun as thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the totality of the solar eclipse as the moon's shadow traveled across the state, providing a couple of minutes of twilight for lucky viewers.
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Derek Streeter, 11, of Bowie, Maryland, joins thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the solar eclipse.
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Mark , 6, Scot, 8, and June Wagner, 4, lie on the football field and watch as the moon begins to cover the sun during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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A pinhole in a piece of paper makes it possible to see the shape of the eclipse as the moon begins to cover the sun on Monday as thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. to experience the solar eclipse.
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Jade Harville, of Clarksville, Tenn., lies on the bleachers in Fortera Stadium and watches the eclipse during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Vivian, 8, and Ben Guidry, 13, and Derek Kneen (11) look through their protective glasses as the eclipse progresses during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn.
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From left, Aliya Al-Magsosi, Caleigh Mayton and Alan Cook join thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn,. on Monday to experience the solar eclipse.
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Ben Guidry, 13, of Houston looks at the eclipse through his protective googles during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Miles Wyckoff, 12, and Sonya Sanborn, of Franklin, join thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the totality of the solar eclipse as the moon's shadow traveled across the state, providing a couple of minutes of twilight for lucky viewers.
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Robert Garcia, of Whitefish Bay, Wis, looks through one of the telescopes as the eclipse begins during the Austin Peay State University viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Garcia traveled from Wisconsin to witness the eclipse. "I believe that any time there is a once in a lifetime event you should do everything you can to see it," Garcia said.
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The Evans family came to Liberty Park in Clarksville on Monday, Aug. 21, from Decatur County, Tenn., about 2 1/2 hours away. They made their own masks with paper plates and eclipse glasses. Valerie Evans explained the plates block out the sun on the sides.
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Molly Vaughn takes a selfie with her mother, Diane, both of Nashvillie, at the city's eclipse viewing party at First Tennessee Park on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn..
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Jane McCampbell and Robert Stuart of St. Paul, Minn., are ready for the eclipse at Nashville's viewing party at First Tennessee Park on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn..
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Daniel Jimenez, from Clarksville, Tenn. holds his daughter Isabel, 2, up to one of the many telescopes Austin Peay State University provided during the eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. . "We knew it would be a great setup here with the telescopes and a great environment for the kids," Jimenez said.
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David Austin peers through telescope at the observatory at Land Between the Lakes on Monday, Aug. 21. Austin, from Wayne, NJ, said he has been waiting for the solar eclipse since July 20, 1963, when he was 12 and saw a partial escalope in St. Louis.
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April Torres, a junior astrophysics major at Austin Peay State University, watches as Jacob Robertson, an APSU senior physics major from Clarksville, sets up one of the telescopes before the APSU eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The group of volunteers has been preparing and training for this event for over a year.
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Jacob Robertson, an Austin Peay State University (APSU) senior physics major from Clarksville, sets up one of the telescopes with other volunteers before people arrive at the APSU eclipse viewing at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn., on Monday, Aug. 21 ,2017, when the solar eclipse will last for an estimated 2 minutes and 8 seconds. Robertson has been working for over a year to prepare.
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Lucia Vargas, left, who traveled to Murfreesboro from Mexico City to witness the total eclipse, observes the sun through a telescope as her daughter Lucy Scarves photographs her during a solar eclipse viewing party at MTSU on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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University of Huntsville Alabama students Ike Forrester, top, and Luke Gomez, bottom hang out in hammocks for the start of the MTSU solar eclipse viewing party to begin, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Kasey Smith looks up at the sky with her son, Ryker, as they wait for the moon to block the sun during the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, at Community Montessori School.
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Community Montessori School students Sofia Membreno and Zarriah Powell look up at the sky to watch the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21. Jackson-Madison County Schools provided students with the glasses so that they could experience the eclipse at ther school.
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Community Montessori School student Brycen Williams points up at the sky in excitement as he watches the moon cover the sun during the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21.
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Community Montessori Students Ava Wyatt, Madison Lovelace, Nora Elkadi, Ellie THompson, and Katie McGuire lay back in the grass on the front lawn of their school to watch the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21.
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SOLAR ECLIPSE 2017: HOW THE ECLIPSE LOOKED IN TENNESSEE
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Eclipse observers will be able to see four planets and some bright stars and constellations during the totality, the two-minute phase when the moon completely blocks the sun's light.
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Dan Carroll and Katie Iaeger won the wedding of a lifetime after entering the Nashville Adventure Science Center's social media video contest. The couple will be married on August 21st - the day of the total solar eclipse.
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SOLAR ECLIPSE 2017: HOW THE ECLIPSE LOOKED IN TENNESSEE
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On August 21, there will be a total solar eclipse crossing from coast-to-coast in the U.S. It is expected to be the most viewed eclipse in history. Want to know what to expect? Check out this animation. (Aug. 4)
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky, a city of about 32,000 people will have one of the longest durations of the solar eclipse on August 21. Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch the eclipse from this rural area. (June 28)
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On Aug. 21 we will see the first solar eclipse in the U.S. since 1979. Our graphic explains exactly what one is, shows its path and some how-to viewing tips. By Ramon Padilla
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